THE 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. O^SE. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



GEOLOGY. 



1. North Park, Colorado.* G.C. Broadhead.197 



2. The Loup Fork Group of Kansas,* Chas. 



H. Sternberg 203 



AECH-^OIjOGY. 



1. Indian Pictographs in Missouri.* Chas. 



Teubner . . 208 



2. Ancient Remains in Marion Co., Kansas,* 



Melvia O. Billings 211 



3. The Tablet of the Cross.* F. F. Hilder . 212 



4. The Tablet of the Cross,* Prof. Otis T. 



Mason 218 



HISTOEICAL NOTES. 



1. Penoloza's Expedition to Quivira.* John 



P. Jones 215 



2. Cabot's Map of the World.* Translated 



by Capt. E. L. Berthoud 218 



ENGINEEKING AND MINING. 



1. The Improvement of the Missouri and Mis- 



sissippi Rivers, Hon. R. T. VanHorn. 219 



2. LeadviUe aud Vicinity * 22o 



PHILOSOPHY. 



1. Review of "S allo's Concepts of Physics."* 



Dr. Robt. G. Eceles 229 



ASTRONOMY. 



1. How to tell the Distance of the Sun. 

 L. Larkin 



Ed- 



239 



METEOEOLOGY. 



1. The Cyclone at Brownsville, Mo., April 18, 



1882.* W. H. Williams 24.5 



2. Kansas Weather Service.* Prof. J. T. 



Lovewell 248 



COEEBSPONDENCB. 



1. Molecules from the Denver Mining Expo- 

 sition.* Mrs. Flora Ellice Stevens . . .219 



BOOK NOTICES,* 



1. Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary 



7. 



Houghton, Mifflin & Co 2S2 



Orient Sunbeams. G. P. Putnam's Sons. 254 

 Celebrated American Caverns. Robert 



Clarke & Co 254 



The Great Pyramid. S. H. Ford & Co . . 255 

 Adventures )n the Far West. C. V. Waite 



& Co 255 



The Present Reigious Crisis. G. P. Put- 

 nam's Sons 256 



Other Publications Received 256 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY, 



1. Recent Improvements in the Mechanic 



Arts.* F.B. Brock 257 



EDITOEIAL NOTES 528 



ITEMS FEOM PEEIODICALS .... 260 

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